The beginnings of true life, and of sapience, start small. In unexpected accidents, in freak coincidences unexpected and unpredicted. Non-repeatable phenomenon; a robot drone experiences a moment of kindness, and an impulse to do a thing with no relevance to it's programmed protocols.

In which a mechanized science hero (with a disturbing fondness for 'upgrading' his fleshy components) deals with his pseudo-magical arch nemesis and totally fails at accomplishing anything except bickering and failing to notice that they aren't too different. Also featuring mentions of dust mummy minions, raiding entire worlds, general ditziness, and a kareoke robot!